How To Make This Panel More Girl Friendly.
05-17-2011, 11:26 PM
#22
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Originally Posted by Ps 150
My oldest daughter has always been our girly girl and my youngest daughter has always been our tomboy. It seems that they've been rubbing off on each other in the past year as my youngest daughter changed her favorite color to pink (though she's still a Giants football fan) and my oldest daughter still loves her Cinderella dolls but recently started loving dinosaurs. A friend gave me this fabric panel of dinosaurs and I was attempting to make it into a simple wall hanging when my daughter asked me to make into a quilt for her bed.
My question is this; she's still mainly a girly girl but wants this very drab fabric panel made into a bed quilt that's not too drab for her girly tastes. I'm coming up blank here. If I were making it for a boy, I would use lots of forest colors in it but not sure what to do with it as a girls quilt. I was thinking of using an autumn yellowish-orange-red (using the colors in the background of the panel and the reddish oranges in the dinosaurs) to brighten it up a bit and making this the center, but I'm just not entirely sure.
My question is this; she's still mainly a girly girl but wants this very drab fabric panel made into a bed quilt that's not too drab for her girly tastes. I'm coming up blank here. If I were making it for a boy, I would use lots of forest colors in it but not sure what to do with it as a girls quilt. I was thinking of using an autumn yellowish-orange-red (using the colors in the background of the panel and the reddish oranges in the dinosaurs) to brighten it up a bit and making this the center, but I'm just not entirely sure.
And why can't girls like the forest colors? I wouldn't make it too bright or it will detract from the panel and make it look washed out.
05-17-2011, 11:35 PM
#23
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Nice panel. I like the color suggestions. Another critter from that period is the dragonfly, although they were bigger then. You might want to incorporate them, and maybe ginko leaves.
05-18-2011, 03:58 AM
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I'm with earthwalker, ferns would be awesome.. I have a couple of dinosaur tops made with fossil material, but it's rust and tan..it is a great blender for dinosaurs. I LOVE that panel.. do you know who makes it? I'm also wondering about taking it and trying to find some fabrics in solids or batiks that will reflect/co-ordinate with the green in the border and make a "trip around the world" border around the whole thing.
05-18-2011, 04:49 AM
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I don't think its a drab panel at all, I think its great. It has lots of colour in it. You don't say how old your daughter is? Not that it makes any difference, as she has asked for it, she must really like it. why not let her help you chose the colours?
I don't know why you would put it together differently for a girl. I think your idea of "forest" colours is great, especially if you include some gold and purple and autumn tones as suggested. I'll bet your daughter will love it. Please post it when it is finished, I'd love to see it.
I don't know why you would put it together differently for a girl. I think your idea of "forest" colours is great, especially if you include some gold and purple and autumn tones as suggested. I'll bet your daughter will love it. Please post it when it is finished, I'd love to see it.
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